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Types Of Grotesque Character In Ahmad Alsaadawi’S Frankstein In Baghdad, Ahlam Masad Dec 2022

Types Of Grotesque Character In Ahmad Alsaadawi’S Frankstein In Baghdad, Ahlam Masad

Association of Arab Universities Journal for Arts مجلة اتحاد الجامعات العربية للآداب

Grotesque is a term that describes everything that seems unfamiliar. It includes the anomaly, the distorted, the ugly, the strange, and the mad, all of which have a philosophical dimension that rejects the monistic and absolute view and is based on the contradictory duality that expresses the individual’s reality in its two parts: the bright and the dark, the complete and the imperfect. The events in Frankenstein in Baghdad take place in the years of 2005 and 2006 when Iraq witnessed a severe state of chaos, destruction and killing. These horrific incidents are reflected in the characters of the novel …


The Concept Of Text From The Perspective Of Heritage And Modernity: Its Impact On Formulating The Theory Of A Literary Text, Noureldeen Saddar, Khaled Bani Domy Dec 2022

The Concept Of Text From The Perspective Of Heritage And Modernity: Its Impact On Formulating The Theory Of A Literary Text, Noureldeen Saddar, Khaled Bani Domy

Association of Arab Universities Journal for Arts مجلة اتحاد الجامعات العربية للآداب

This research aims to discuss the problem of the textual concept in the Arab critical heritage and the Western critical thought and to show its impact on formulating the contemporary literary textual theory. It is the problem that stems from the assumption that Arab critical thought has originated in the components of this theory, which we find have roots and references in our critical, literary, rhetorical and philosophical heritage. Hence, the textual theory in the contemporary critical thought is an extension of this legacy, benefiting from the achievements of philosophers, linguists and critics, and the achievements of contemporary critical approaches. …


The Problem Of Mimicry And Presence In Ahmad Shawqi's Siniyah, Sami Ababneh, Yousef Hamdn Dec 2022

The Problem Of Mimicry And Presence In Ahmad Shawqi's Siniyah, Sami Ababneh, Yousef Hamdn

Association of Arab Universities Journal for Arts مجلة اتحاد الجامعات العربية للآداب

This paper examines Ahmad Shawqi's Siniyah and Al-Buhturi's Siniyah from a critical perspective that views the relationship between these two works as a case of both mimicry and presence. Mimicry is an essential component of poetic practice that cannot be overlooked and is evident of one’s self-awareness in its present time and circumstances. This paper seeks to reevaluate and criticize this relationship in ways that might rejuvenate interest in poetic influence as the means of the latter poet to prove himself and his presence when compared to predecessor poets. This perception is based on the imitating poet’s fit as seen …


Poetic Language Diplomacy: Reading In Zuhair Bin Abi Sulma’S MuʻAllaqet, Mohammad Ibnian Dec 2022

Poetic Language Diplomacy: Reading In Zuhair Bin Abi Sulma’S MuʻAllaqet, Mohammad Ibnian

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The study aims to examine the features of the language used by the poet Zuhair bin Abi Sulma, which makes the reader stand in front of an amazing portrait of political dialogue and diplomatic techniques which eventually led to the cessation war which lasted for years and almost ended the clans of Abs and Theban. The research seeks to follow the minute details of lifestyle back then as the poet does justice to those who did their best to stop the war and the absurdity of death so everyone enjoyed peace. Hence, the poet does justice to Haram Bin Sinan …


Manifestations Of The Place In The “Khatrat Al-Taif In Alshita’A And Al-Saif Journey” By Lisan Al-Deen Bin Alkhateeb, Ajmal Altwaiqat Dec 2022

Manifestations Of The Place In The “Khatrat Al-Taif In Alshita’A And Al-Saif Journey” By Lisan Al-Deen Bin Alkhateeb, Ajmal Altwaiqat

Association of Arab Universities Journal for Arts مجلة اتحاد الجامعات العربية للآداب

The research hilights the place in “Al-Shita’a and Al-Saif” journey for Lisan AlDeen Bin Al-Khateeb. The study attempts to justify the manifestation of place in AlKhateeb’s jounrney. Moreover, the article focuses on the place through dealing with the idea of belonging to the Andalusian place as well as on Lisan Al-Deen Bin Al-Khateeb’s interest in Travel Literature. Furthermore, the research highlights Al-Khateeb’s spatial awareness in producing spatial symbols and embodying them in his journey as place plays an important role in his literature which consists of a collection of stories that contributes to depict historical portraits to his readers. The …


The Literary Sessions And Their Cultural Patterns In Amali Alsharif Almurtada (436 Ah): A Descriptive And Analytical Study, Salem Mar’I Al-Hadrusi Dec 2022

The Literary Sessions And Their Cultural Patterns In Amali Alsharif Almurtada (436 Ah): A Descriptive And Analytical Study, Salem Mar’I Al-Hadrusi

Association of Arab Universities Journal for Arts مجلة اتحاد الجامعات العربية للآداب

This research deals with the structure of the Session (“Umliah”) in Sharif alMurtada’s book (“Amali” 436 AH) which is known as (“Al-Ghurar Wa Al-Durdar”), demonstrating its concept, method, contents, aesthetic form, cultural value and patterns. The Session (Umliah) consists of distinct literary texts, intentionally chosen by the writer, from different historical eras, and various cultural genres, including Qur'anic texts, prophetic traditions, poems, letters and various speeches, news, narratives, proverbs, and different intellectual issues. The (Amali) Works are a collection of literary encyclopedias, expressing the interest of the author and the people of his time in cultural, specialized knowledge, religious, historical, …


The Question Of Being In Antara Ibn Shaddad Al-Absi's Mu'allaqa: A Hermeneutic Approach, Mohammad Al-Absie Dec 2022

The Question Of Being In Antara Ibn Shaddad Al-Absi's Mu'allaqa: A Hermeneutic Approach, Mohammad Al-Absie

Association of Arab Universities Journal for Arts مجلة اتحاد الجامعات العربية للآداب

Antara Ibn Shaddad Al-Absi's Mu'allaqa is considered one of the most important texts of poetry in the pre-Islamic era. Because it is an open text on multiple perspectives and different interpretations, literary critics have paid attention to it, both ancient and modern, in order to explain and reveal the features of its structure and composition and discover its aesthetics, questions and poetic meanings. This study aims to read this poem an interpretative reading. This study benefits from "semiotics" in revealing the paths of meaning and producing the paths of meaning This hermeneutic approach ends up revealing one of the most …


The Phenomenon Of Arabic Poetry Embellishments Among Poets & Narrators Up To The 4th Century Ah, Mohammad Alzoubi Dec 2022

The Phenomenon Of Arabic Poetry Embellishments Among Poets & Narrators Up To The 4th Century Ah, Mohammad Alzoubi

Association of Arab Universities Journal for Arts مجلة اتحاد الجامعات العربية للآداب

Many single narrations of one and the same line of old Arabic poetry, especially the Pre-Islamic, are not different because of lapses of memory as commonly thought. In fact, they are often due to intentional attempts on part of the narrators in question to introduce some improvements, starting from Pre-Islamic poetry up to the age of documentation of such earlier poems. Based on recurrent news of such attempts or even, sometimes, documented confessions of these attempts, the present research adopts a comparative analytical approach, along with the citation of other new examples of the abovementioned attempts. Indeed, these improvements or …


Characters Dialogue In Yusuf’S Story: A Study In Linking Mental Texts With The Conscience, Eman Alawneh, Mahmoud Nawafleh Dec 2022

Characters Dialogue In Yusuf’S Story: A Study In Linking Mental Texts With The Conscience, Eman Alawneh, Mahmoud Nawafleh

Association of Arab Universities Journal for Arts مجلة اتحاد الجامعات العربية للآداب

This study aims to categorize the characters in Yusuf’s story according to the Holy Quran and their relations to time. It focuses on the most prominent features of those characters. To achieve the aim of this study, this paper explains why Surah Yusuf is different from other Surahs. The first section discusses the inner and outer spaces of the story. The second section tackles the aspects of the leading characters. The third section investigates the flat characters. It is revealed that the roles given to the characters in the story are in harmony with their ranks in accordance with what …


Ibn Qutaybah Al-Dinuri's Critical Measures And Statements Of Judgement, Arabe Hejaze Farouq Arabe Hejaze, Ismael Al-Gayam Dec 2022

Ibn Qutaybah Al-Dinuri's Critical Measures And Statements Of Judgement, Arabe Hejaze Farouq Arabe Hejaze, Ismael Al-Gayam

Association of Arab Universities Journal for Arts مجلة اتحاد الجامعات العربية للآداب

This research presents Ibn Qutaybah al-Dinuri's efforts in establishing literary standards and critical terms and the issues of ancient and modern in literature, as well as lexical items and meaning, and the indication of the critical judgement terms for the critic's stance on poetry from objective points of view such as linguistic and phonological aspects, and following the way of the ancients as to the division of the poem, the effect of the quantity and quality on the poets ranking, and general taste. The research shows that Ibn Qutaybah was creative and influenced the critics who came after him. The …


The Tools Of Manifestation And The Mechanisms Of Disambiguation In The Discourse Of Modern Arabic Poetry, Anwar Al-Hanoush, Mohammad Al-Qudah Dec 2022

The Tools Of Manifestation And The Mechanisms Of Disambiguation In The Discourse Of Modern Arabic Poetry, Anwar Al-Hanoush, Mohammad Al-Qudah

Association of Arab Universities Journal for Arts مجلة اتحاد الجامعات العربية للآداب

Being conscious about the places of concealment and asking for concealing the meaning away from publicity and disclosure is an aim, ambition, and endeavor that the writer or artist relies on to achieve uniqueness and exceptionality in expression. This may ensure that the reader will not escape the grip of the text, seeking for an implicit, hidden meaning which has nothing to do with the obvious meaning whether this implicit meaning relates to a word, signal, and symbol or through writing, space, or punctuation and this ensures a special literary achievement which is based on terse style and aesthetic meaning …


The Connotations And Cultural Dimensions In The Introduction Of Ibn Bassam Al-Shantrini’S Al-Thakhira, Mohammed Faisal Dec 2022

The Connotations And Cultural Dimensions In The Introduction Of Ibn Bassam Al-Shantrini’S Al-Thakhira, Mohammed Faisal

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Andalusia witnessed progress in the sciences, arts, urbanism, literature, economic and political aspects. This progress prompted many scholars and writers to mention the merits of this culture, and celebrate it for successive generations through their poems and blogs so this becomes a witness on the work of the fathers and grandfathers and this brings pride of those ancient virtues. The book Al-Thakhira was a good example on embodying the meanings and dimensions of Andalusian culture and civilization through what the book has from the translations of the great people in Andalusia. If one just looks at the introduction of this …


The Role Of The “Recipient” In Arabic Grammatical Heritage: A Study In The Light Of Some Modern Approaches, Neveen Al Badawi, Faisal Safa Dec 2022

The Role Of The “Recipient” In Arabic Grammatical Heritage: A Study In The Light Of Some Modern Approaches, Neveen Al Badawi, Faisal Safa

Association of Arab Universities Journal for Arts مجلة اتحاد الجامعات العربية للآداب

This research aims at defining the role of the “recipient” in the Arabic grammatical heritage in order to highlight the level of the Ancient Arabic Grammar studies in dealing with the verbal position in general, and the recipient in particular – as he has been described as an important element in the conversational position. Moreover, this paper aims to know the extent of availability of this ancient study of linguistic concepts, which were considered as one of the innovations of modern linguistic studies in their both literary and linguistic aspects. This research also attempts to highlight the role of the …


Functional Intonational Type In The Construction Of Synthetic Categorizations And Adjustment Of The Semantic Guides, Ameena Salem Al-Daihani Dec 2022

Functional Intonational Type In The Construction Of Synthetic Categorizations And Adjustment Of The Semantic Guides, Ameena Salem Al-Daihani

Association of Arab Universities Journal for Arts مجلة اتحاد الجامعات العربية للآداب

This research deals with the intonation and its importance in the contemporary study of language. It deals with applying some theoretical perspectives in heritage and modern studies. The descriptive analytical method has been followed. The most important objectives of this research are: the ability to establish governing rules for the path of intonation degrees, specifying its semantic features, considering it a linguistic method that is used to interpret the structure and significance issues, and disclosing the seven tasks of intonation. It states some of regulations to measure the intonation degrees, its levels (high, medium or low). It puts some criteria …


Semiotics Of The Mask In Abdullah Thabet’S The Sleeping Face, Hind Al-Yahya Dec 2022

Semiotics Of The Mask In Abdullah Thabet’S The Sleeping Face, Hind Al-Yahya

Association of Arab Universities Journal for Arts مجلة اتحاد الجامعات العربية للآداب

This paper, entitled (Semiotics of the Mask in Abdullah Thabet’s The Slpeeing Face), sheds light on an artistic technique and means of expression that the novelist relies on in the weaving of his narrative imagination, which is the mask technique. The paper aims to expose the implications and manifestations of the mask and its asethetic formulation in the text. This creative technique leads to a number of questions: How did the writer use the mask in creating his narrative world? What are the indications and signs that he is suggesting in the text? Then what is the aesthetic and artistic …


The Impact Of Hadith On Maqāmāt Al-Hamadhani In Terms Of Wording And Meaning, Fawziyah Al-Qudah Dec 2022

The Impact Of Hadith On Maqāmāt Al-Hamadhani In Terms Of Wording And Meaning, Fawziyah Al-Qudah

Association of Arab Universities Journal for Arts مجلة اتحاد الجامعات العربية للآداب

This research seeks to read the impact of Hadith on Maqāmāt Badi 'al-Zaman al-Hamadhani. This paper sheds lights on the mechanisms of manifestation of Hadith in the narrative contexts and demonstrates the rhetoric of Hadith. Also, the research shows the potentials of Hadith that has various rhetorical techniques, besides its connotations and meaning that demonstrate various values. Finally, this article consists of an introduction, two main sections. The first section deals with one single term or more mentioned in Hadith while the second one deals with the whole Hadith, making it an introduction to use the vocabulary of Hadith in …